The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-09-15
WOMAN'S CHIEFESTCHARM.

ossn FRANCISCO ArgOn0ut.
A woman's surest charm is her man.
ner. No one ever saw an old maid
who was high bred, dashing, and d.
rect. She may be sweet and am,aple.
but she lacks the peculiar charm of
graciousness and insistence, else she
could never be an old maid. Mankind
would forbid it. On the train to New
port the other day, man anil a four.
teen-year-old girl wandered through
the car looking for a seat that would
accommodate them both. None but
half seats were IN view. An agreeable
youth arose and insisted on giving up
his seat, and the girls escort said
thanks" after the usual stolid fash
ion. But the girl turned toward the
stranger, leaned forward, clasped her
little hands, beamed up directly into
his eyes, and said with the softest and
most caressing tone in the world:
''Oh, you're so very kind"
'Non-not at ALL" stammered the
man, smiling at her responsibility.
"lndeed you are" murmured the
girl, with q knowing and wise little
shake of her head.
The man strobe on with g. long
drawn breath and his eyes very wide
open, while the girl cuddled up beside
her brother, put her head on his shoul.
der, alter smiling up into his face, and
went gently of to sleep. Every face
in the car wore more human expires.
sion, and half the passengers beamed
on the child fondly. She was not
beautiful, but her manner WAS as CRATE
full as a shower on a sultry day in Au-
gust day. If she isn't married before
her twentieth year, signs 20 wrong and
the worlds turned inside out.
l saw Blanche Roosevelt lift man
from dusty business street into q
half heaven Of gratified complacency
once ny a few words and g. soft and
mellow look from her big blue eyes.
1t was on Park Row. and she had lust
stepped into her carriage when a stur.
dy young fellow saw all old woman
OF horses. She was on crutches. We
all saw her. There was no real dan
ger. No one moved for moment,
and we stood staring at her with the
stolidity born of the muggy heat, when
the sturdy young n,an jumped for
ward, took her in his arms, and car
ried her quietly to the walk. Then he
colored, and looked ashamed. The
woman thanked him awkwardly, with
a trembling lip, and he nodded half
surlily and started on, but before he
had gone a dozen steps Blanche Roose-
welt jumped from the carriage nearly
bowling me over thereby-and run
ming up to the red-faced youth seized
one of his hands and gave it an &C.
static little squeeze. He turned and
found a woman's face looking into his.
It was a wonderfully expressive face.
The eyes spoke volu mes. He looked
into them and seemed transfxed.
Miss Roosevelt smiled, and said, in a
soft voice, as though whispering to a.
baby:
YOU'RE good fellow, you area
good fellow"
Then she dashed back into the car
riage, while the mans chest swelled
out, and he stood looking after her,
breathing in veritable gulps.
''He'll be aghast with delight for g.
week." l said as I closed the carriage
door.
DO you know what he ISL" said
the girl, peeping back at him as he
stood peering holly after her. "He's
a hero-if he does turn in his toes"
Ellen Terry owes her fetching quail
ties to her wonderful manner. Her
manner endeared her to a score of
men the first day that she came to
America. A small. party went down
the bay to meet Irving and Terry on
Washington Connor's yacht. Irving
came down the gang-plank with un-
ruftled dignity OF bearing, and after
he had taken up a position on the
lee of the pilot.house-it was blowing
little fresh, I remember-Miss Terry
romped down like schoolgirl, waved
a saucy adieu to her acquaintance
on the steamer, and, after swinging
around the boat bit, doubled her.
self up on a big coil of rope in FASH
ion that detied description, and began
to talk. She had doubled up both of
her feet under her and was twisted in
to just such pose as we have all
seen graceful children fall into when
romping on the floor, and wondered
how they could possibly do it. Miss
Terry bestowed a direct look and a.
personal smile on every man in the
group on the trip up the harbor, and
it was a group OF devoted slaves by
the time the yacht reached the wharf,
She owed it to her manner, for she
was not becomingly clad.
One day youth OF great frankness
and good humor was introduced to
Mrs Langtry. He looked into the
cool depths OF her clear gray eyes for
q moment, and then said:
"You had tremendous effect on
mo the first time ] saw you, Mrs.
Langtry."
Ibid II" said the Lily unsteady.
Overwhelming. l was strolling
down town on a. very clear and
snappy November day two years
ago, Illuminating on the chances of the
stock market, when / glanced up sud-
denly and met your eyes. They were
looking directly into mine. You wore
green velvet gown and your cheeks
were red from the brisk breeze.
halted involuntarily and gazed a thou.
sand miles into your eyes, and then
pulled myself together. and made all
awkward apology for my rudeness.
! didn't know anything during the
next ten minutes, but when 1 came to,
was about half mile beyond, and
thrashing ahead in style that would
have dismayed an express train. l
was almost on a run. and l swept
people aside as though they were so
much chaff' he stopped half breath
lessly. and then added: "1'm rushing
ahead rather fast now, eh?"
"Rawther," SAID the Lily amusedly.
"WelI, my object in telling you
about it IS to apologize for staring at
you so hard"
IL remember the incident very well, "
said Mrs. Langtry, land it doesn't
require an apology at all. Women
adore such atfronts as that"
She kept smiling at the man rs she
talked with such an air of thorough
good nature and good fellowship, that
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